fermented foods

Shiso Fabulous

This week the CSA box had a big bunch of shiso. I haven’t eaten shiso—also called perilla, beefsteak plant, or sesame leaf—since I lived in South Korea over 15 years ago, so the bunch in my box inspired me to research traditional Korean dishes this week.

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Beet Envy

There is something about the New Year that has me in the mood for pickled beets. Now that they are in season, here is an easy, delicious recipe for them.

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10 Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System

With all the headlines about the H1N1 flu and the excitement over the vaccine, you would think that there is nothing you can do except get your shot and pray not to get sick this year. Nothing could be further from the truth. Considering that communicable diseases like colds and flu are highly contagious, your [...]

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Dandelion: Much More than a Lawn Menace

Many wild plants and “weeds” are some of the most nutrient-dense greens you can eat. It is only in the past 100 or so years, as our food system became more and more industrialized, that wild superfoods dropped out of our diet. So I try to include them in mine when I can. This past [...]

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Speed Pickles

The cucumbers are ripe in the Small Footprint garden, and with the amount in my garden and my CSA box, it seemed like a good time to make pickles. And with so many things ripe in the garden right now, once I got started, I caught a “pickle bug” and just couldn’t stop. Here are [...]

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